Philip Jenkins

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Philip Jenkins (b. April 3, 1952)[1] is as of 2007 the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Humanities at Pennsylvania State University (PSU). He has also been a Professor (from 1993) and a Distinguished Professor (from 1997) of History and Religious studies at the same institution; and also assistant, associate and then full professor of Criminal Justice and American Studies at PSU, 1980–1993.[2]

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[edit] Early life and work

Jenkins was born in Port Talbot, Wales in 1952 and studied at Clare College in the University of Cambridge taking double-first class honours in both History and Anglo-Saxon. Jenkins then studied for his PhD under the supervision of Sir John Plumb among others. Between 1977-1980, Jenkins worked as a researcher for Sir Leon Radzinowicz, the pioneer of Criminology at Cambridge.

In 1979, Jenkins won the BBC quiz show, Mastermind.[3]

[edit] Academic career

In 1980, Jenkins was appointed Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Pennsylvania State University, which marked a change in his research focus. Jenkins has forged a reputation based on his work on global Christianity as well as on emerging religious movements. Other research interests include post-1970 American history and crime.[4]

[edit] Bibliography

  • Decade of Nightmares: The End of the 1960s and the Making of Eighties America New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, 344 pages.
  • Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, 306 pages.
  • The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 258 pages
  • Images of Terror: What We Can And Can't Know About Terrorism Hawthorne, NY: Aldine De Gruyter, 2003. 227 pages
  • The Next Christendom: The Rise of Global Christianity New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. 270 pages. (Translated into many languages including Chinese in Taiwan)
  • Hidden Gospels: How the Search for Jesus Lost Its Way New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. 260 pages.
  • Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet New York University Press, 2001. 259 pages.
  • Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 294 pages.
  • Synthetic Panics: The Politics of Designer Drugs New York University Press, 1999. 247 pages.
  • The Cold War at Home: The Red Scare in Pennsylvania 1945-1960 University of North Carolina Press, 1999. 271 pages.
  • Moral Panic: Changing Concepts of the Child Molester in Modern America New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998. 302 pages.
  • Hoods and Shirts: The Extreme Right in Pennsylvania 1925-1950 Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. 343 pages.
  • A History of the United States London: Macmillan / New York: St.Martin’s Press, 1997. 317 pages.
  • Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Social Crisis New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 214 pages
  • Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1994. 262 pages
  • Intimate Enemies: Moral Panics in Contemporary Great Britain Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1992. 262 pages.
  • A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990 London: Longmans, 1992. 451 pages.
  • Crime and Justice: Issues and Ideas Monterey, CA: Brooks-Cole, 1984. 211 pages.
  • The Making of a Ruling Class: The Glamorgan Gentry 1640-1790 Cambridge University Press, 1983. 353 pages.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF) . Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  2. ^ Curriculum Vitae. Department of History & Religous Studies Program, Penn State University. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  3. ^ Philip Jenkins, The Making of a Ruling Class: The Glamorgan Gentry 1640-1790 Cambridge University Press, 1983
  4. ^ Department Faculty: Philip Jenkins - History and Religious Studies Penn State

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